Our mission
To help families all over the world tackle the day with their little ones by helping kids see time in a way they understand!
Who we are.
Michael and Kelsey are the parents of two amazing daughters, aged four and three.
When one of their daughters was having trouble sleeping, they sought out professional help. What they learned was that it is not about the sleep itself, but the routine and the impulse control driving her sleep patterns.
They began to use simple tools: colored alarm clocks for sleep time and wake time, basic timers for activities and meals, and printed-off wall charts with text to help know what is next.
That is when they questioned — why don’t these principles apply to our entire day, and in a way where not only we know what to do, but so do our children?
So they built Hopscotch: the ideas behind tools families already know and use, combined into one digital tool.
A sleep clock works because a color means more to a young child than a word. A timer shows time running out, and a wall chart shows what comes next. Hopscotch puts those ideas together on one screen that runs the whole day.
What we’re building
Hopscotch is a digital visual schedule that shows what is happening now, how much time is remaining, and what comes next, in a way a child can understand — through size, color and place.
The Hopscotch app
On iPhone and iPad, and it works with Apple CarPlay. Stand an iPad where your child can see it and it becomes their clock. Coming soon to Android.
The Hopscotch Clock
A screen made just for the wall, with one big button your child presses to check off each step. We’re finishing it now.
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